Clear-cell sarcoma of the small intestine detected by FDG-PET/CT during comprehensive examination of an inflammatory reaction

Journal of Medical Investigation

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 70-75

  Terazawa, Kaori ^a   Otsuka, Hideki ^b   Morita, Naomi ^a   Yamashita, Kyo ^a   Nishitani, Hiromu ^b  

^a TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clear cell sarcoma; FDG PET CT; Gastrointestinal tract; Malignant melanoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BARIUM; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GALLIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLEAR CELL SARCOMA; COMMON COLD; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE DISPLAY; INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LYMPHOMA; SMALL INTESTINE CANCER; SMALL INTESTINE RESECTION; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

EID: 63349109632     PISSN: 13431420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2152/jmi.56.70     Document Type: Article

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